Bell was the ingenious inventor of a commonly underappreciated household item. Bell invented the telephone in the late seventeenth century, and completely changed the world because of it. Bell saw that his assistant, Mr. Watson, stood a few miles away from the room in which Bell held the telephone. Bell spoke simple words into the device: “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” Bell was astonished when Mr. Watson walked into the room, and both men instinctively and simultaneously saw the impact that the telephone could have on the world around them. Despite their incredible success, Bell failed countless times. An extraordinary revolution means an extraordinary amount of failure. However, Bell, like the Wright Brothers, remained persistent until he was successful. He withstood an immense amount of trial and error, and as a result, he changed the